6 Total
1 High severity
4 Medium severity
1 Low severity
Summary

This document establishes Kick's data collection, processing, and sharing practices for users of its live streaming platform. The policy authorizes the collection of account information, viewing activity, and payment data, with specified sharing arrangements with third-party service providers including Google for advertising, Stripe for payment processing, and analytics vendors. Users may review the complete policy at kick.com/privacy-policy.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is Kick's Privacy Policy governing the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal data by Kick Streaming in connection with its live streaming platform. The policy's full substantive text was not fully rendered in the provided HTML source, which consists primarily of navigation, UI scaffolding, and script loading; however, the document is publicly identified as Kick's Privacy Policy at kick.com/privacy-policy and engages standard data collection practices typical of live streaming platforms including account data, usage data, payment data, and third-party advertising integrations visible in the page source (Google Ad Manager, Stripe, Datadog). The presence of Google advertising tags, Stripe payment scripts, and third-party analytics scripts embedded in the policy page itself signals data sharing relationships with advertising and payment processors that users should be aware of. The document's jurisdiction and legal basis cannot be fully assessed without the complete policy text, though the platform's global user base suggests engagement with GDPR, CCPA, and potentially other regional frameworks; enforcement context and specific obligations would depend on where users are located and how Kick's legal entity structure maps to applicable law. A complete compliance assessment requires access to the full rendered policy text rather than the HTML scaffold provided.

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1 important change detected

2 versions captured · Last updated: May 2026

What changed Kick updated its privacy policy on May 22, 2026 to restructure how it describes data uses related to personalization. The policy previously listed a long enumerated set of purposes including payment processing, analytics, service improvement, and fraud prevention in a single continuous statement. The updated policy now separates the first two purposes (advertisement restrictions and service administration) into their own statement, then adds a specific example stating the company uses data for 'developing and improve our personalised recommendation algorithms' before continuing with the remaining original purposes. No new data uses appear to have been added; the change primarily reorganizes the policy text and adds explicit mention of recommendation algorithm development as a use case.
Why this matters The updated policy now explicitly states that Kick uses personal data to develop and improve its personalized recommendation algorithms. Previously, this use case was not specifically mentioned, though algorithm improvement could have been implied under broader operational purposes. Under the revised language, users can see that data feeds directly into recommendation system development. The policy still does not permit personalized advertisements based on sensitive categories such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health.
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Recent Provision Changes May 22, 2026

6 provisions unchanged.

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Mapped Governance Frameworks

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
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CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
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DMA
European Union
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FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
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GDPR
European Union
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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
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Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
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VPPA
United States Federal
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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured May 22, 2026 01:28 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000728
Version ID CA-V-002889
SHA-256 915ea7eca1a6a6df1310948aea817c5af3c8c67439c498d0f470fd4f66abac36
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